1907.29
Jury trial procedure.

(A)
A
jury trial shall be demanded in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil
Procedure or the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The number of persons composing a
jury and the verdicts of jurors shall be governed by those rules.

(B)
The right of a person to a jury trial is
waived under the circumstances prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure or
the Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(C)
If, as a result of challenges or other
causes, a jury panel is not full, the deputy sheriff or constable who is in
attendance at a trial before a county court may fill the panel in the same
manner as the sheriff fills a panel in the court of common pleas.

(D)
The judge of the county court involved in
a case shall administer an oath to the jury to try the matters in difference
between the parties that are to be determined by the jury, and to give a
verdict in accordance with the evidence.

(E)
After the jurors are sworn in a case
before a county court, they shall sit together and hear the proofs and
allegations of the parties. After the hearing, the jury shall be kept together
in a convenient place until they have agreed upon their verdict or have been
discharged by the county court judge involved in the case.

(F)
If an action being tried to a jury in a
county court is continued, the jurors shall attend at the time and place
appointed for trial without further notice.

(G)
The judge of a county court involved in a
case may punish as for contempt any juror who neglects or refuses to attend
when properly summoned or who, although in attendance, refuses to serve.

(H)
If, in a civil action before a
county court, the judge is satisfied that the number of jurors required by
Civil Rule 48 for concurrence purposes cannot concur in a verdict, and the jury
has deliberated upon the verdict for a reasonable time, the judge may discharge
the jury and continue the action. If either party requests a new jury, the
judge shall cause the selection of another jury. If the action is continued, it
shall be continued to a time that the judge considers reasonable unless the
parties or their attorneys agree on a longer or shorter time.